"Baracchi has identified pivotal points around which the Republic operates; this allows a reading of the entire text to unfold ... a very beautifully written book."--Walter Brogan " ... a work that opens new and timely vistas within the Republic ... Her approach ... is thorough …
This reading of Plato's Republic illuminates the power of myth in the shaping of history. It demonstrates the pervasiveness of myth in Plato's dialogues as well as within philosophy generally.
"Baracchi has identified pivotal points around which the Republic operates; this allows a reading of the entire text to unfold ... a very beautifully written book."--Walter Brogan " ... a work that opens new and timely vistas within the Republic ... Her approach ... is thorough …
Platonis Respublica
by Plato, Slings, S. R.
fromScriptorum classicorum bibliotheca Oxoniensis
Platonis Rempublicam
by Plato, Slings, S. R.
fromScriptorum classicorum bibliotheca Oxoniensis
"This is the first edition of Plato's Republic to be based on an exhaustive examination of all the textual evidence - manuscripts, including papyri; quotations and allusions in ancient authors; and translations into Coptic, Arabic, and Hebrew. The three primary manuscripts have …
